Collard Greens

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp bacon fat or vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 lb smoked ham hocks
• 6 cups chicken broth or water
• 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 lb collard greens, stemmed and chopped
• 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
• to taste salt and black pepper

Before you start

• Strip the stems from the collards, wash well, and chop.

Directions

1. Saute until edges brown, 5 min: bacon fat or vegetable oil, onion.
2. Stir in, cook 1 min: step 1, garlic.
3. Simmer covered 1 hr: step 2, smoked ham hocks, chicken broth or water, crushed red pepper flakes.
4. Simmer partly covered until tender, about 1 hr: step 3, collard greens.
5. Pull meat from hocks, chop, return to pot: step 4.
6. Season: step 5, apple cider vinegar, salt and black pepper.